Date: 04/29/2009

Final
BILL SUMMARY for HB09-1081

SENATE COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY

Votes: View--> Action Taken:
Moved to amend House Bill 09-1081 by striking sect
Refer House Bill 09-1081, as amended, to the Commi		Pass Without Objection
PASS



04:27 PM -- House Bill 09-1081

Senator Morse, bill sponsor, presented House Bill 09-1081 concerning an increase in the length of the statute of limitations for vehicular homicide. Senator Morse stated that this bill increases the statute of limitations from three years to five years. He related information about a case where the vehicular homicide could not be prosecuted because the statute of limitations had run out.

04:31 PM -- Mike Barnett, representing the Fountain Police Department, spoke in support of the bill. He discussed a case of vehicular homicide that could not be prosecuted because of the statute of limitations.


04:39 PM

The committee asked Mr. Barnett about the statute of limitations for other crimes. Mr. Barnett stated that the statute of limitations for most felonies is three years.

04:41 PM -- Tom Davis, representing the Fountain Police Department, spoke in support of the bill. He also discussed a vehicular homicide case that they were not able to prosecute because of the statute of limitations.

04:46 PM -- Peg Ackerman, representing the County Sheriffs of Colorado, spoke in support of the bill.


04:48 PM

Senator Morse concluded his presentation of the bill. He stated that in many states vehicular homicide is treated as homicide and there is no statute of limitations. In other states, there is a statute of limitations, but it is longer than three years.
BILL:HB09-1081
TIME: 04:49:54 PM
MOVED:King K.
MOTION:Moved to amend House Bill 09-1081 by striking sections 2 through 9 and adding an exception to the 5-year appropriation. The motion passed without objection.
SECONDED:
VOTE
Hudak
King K.
Lundberg
Newell
Renfroe
Carroll M.
Excused
Morse
Not Final YES: 0 NO: 0 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: Pass Without Objection


BILL:HB09-1081
TIME: 05:04:13 PM
MOVED:Morse
MOTION:Refer House Bill 09-1081, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. The motion passed on a 6-0 roll call vote.
SECONDED:
VOTE
Hudak
Yes
King K.
Yes
Lundberg
Yes
Newell
Yes
Renfroe
Yes
Carroll M.
Excused
Morse
Yes
Final YES: 6 NO: 0 EXC: 1 ABS: 0 FINAL ACTION: PASS



05:05 PM

The committee adjourned.